From Now On, You're My Own Little Brother!

Xiao Yu rode the Puppet Eagle straight at Lin Meng.

Seeing that his opponent was only at the Second Layer of Qi Refinement, Lin Meng's face filled with disdain.

With a light leap, he dodged Xiao Yu's attack.

But in the next instant, Xiao Yu threw a Puppet Rat at him.

Empowered by the Nine Yang Divine Body, the Puppet Rat flew as fast as an arrow.

Lü Rui recognized the Puppet Rat at a glance. Wasn't it the one she had given Xiao Yu?

What was going on... that man was only at the Second Layer of Qi Refinement. Why had he come here to risk his life?

Could it be that he had come to save her?

Thinking of how Xiao Yu had said he had fallen in love with her at first sight, Lü Rui's heart began to flutter.

That little bastard...

When Lin Meng saw that the other side had a Puppet Rat as well, he immediately drew his magic sword and slashed at it.

But the Puppet Eagle in the sky charged at him again.

That Puppet Eagle was comparable to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refinement, and Lin Meng naturally did not want to take it head-on.

He drew his magic sword in reverse and soared into the sky.

Before he could finish casting his spell, Li Yunma rushed forward.

Two rings struck Lin Meng's magic sword dead-on.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu hurriedly controlled the Puppet Rat to charge forward, three Fireball Talismans clenched in its mouth.

It reached Lin Meng's back and instantly exploded.

Lin Meng's eyes widened in fury. He hurriedly used a spell to extinguish the flames on his back, then flew into the air. "Retreat!!!"

When the other Profound Spirit Sect disciples saw Lin Meng injured, they quickly flew away.

Li Yunma still wanted to pursue them, but Lü Rui hurried forward and stopped him. "Brother Li, don't chase them! It could be a trap!"

Li Yunma nodded thoughtfully, then staggered down onto the ground, gasping for breath.

Lü Ling'er also walked out of the cave at this time. When she saw Lü Rui, tears of joy streamed down her face. "Sister! Sister... sob, you scared me to death. I thought I would never see you again!"

With a doting expression, Lü Rui stepped forward and stroked her forehead. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Just don't be so reckless next time..."

Li Yunma also came over to Xiao Yu. Patting his shoulder in admiration, he said, "Brother, my name is Li Yunma. What's your name? Thank you for risking your life to save us just now!"

Xiao Yu smiled amiably. "My name is Xiao Yu! Greetings, Senior Brother Li!"

Li Yunma smiled again and again upon hearing this. Just earlier, he had even wanted his Dao companion, Lü Rui, to deceive Xiao Yu out of his pills.

Who would have thought that Xiao Yu would actually risk his life to save him!

Thinking about it now, it was truly outrageous. Xiao Yu was only at the Second Layer of Qi Refinement, yet he had still dared to help him. An ordinary person would have fled long ago!

This was a brother who had faced death with him!!!

A friend bound by life and death!

Li Yunma immediately accepted Xiao Yu, cupping his fists with an excited expression as he shouted, "Brother Xiao, from now on, you are my own little brother, Li Yunma's own little brother! Should you ever ask anything of me, I will not refuse even if it means dying ten thousand deaths!"

Lü Rui subconsciously swallowed.

What exactly was Xiao Yu doing...

Wasn't he afraid Li Yunma would find out about the two of them?

His nerve was far too great.

But when she thought of how Xiao Yu had risked coming here to save her, a strange feeling rose within her.

But had he really come to save her...

Just then, Lü Ling'er suddenly said, "Eh? Junior Brother Xiao?! It really is you? You came to save me too?"

Xiao Yu hurriedly cupped his fists. "Yes... when this junior brother heard that Senior Sister Lü was trapped, I wanted to come with Senior Brother Li and the others. But my cultivation was too low, so I flew slowly and fell behind!"

Lü Ling'er's eyes widened with excitement. "You've already reached the Second Layer of Qi Refinement so quickly... just what exactly..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lü Ling'er suddenly grew dizzy and collapsed to the ground.

Xiao Yu's heart instantly panicked.

Seeing this, Lü Rui hurriedly carried her onto the Puppet Beast. "Little Sister must have fainted from exhausting her spiritual power. This is not a place to linger. Hurry back to the branch!"

Before long, Xiao Yu withdrew with them.

Back at the branch, Wang Mei had already lost her head in panic.

Looking at Zhao Gang, who was still calmly drinking tea beside her, her expression grew increasingly flustered. "Senior Brother Zhao... what do we do now? Didn't you say it would definitely succeed? How did they escape and return?!"

"If Master finds out, I'm really finished!"

Zhao Gang looked at the subordinate kneeling by the door, his gaze sharp as blades. "What the hell were you doing? Didn't I tell you to lure the Profound Spirit Sect people over to kill her? How did you handle things?"

The man wore a miserable expression. "I did lure Lin Meng over... but Lü Ling'er has an older sister here too. Lin Meng could have won, but who knew Xiao Yu would show up as well!"

"He joined forces with Li Yunma and drove Lin Meng back... you didn't see it. This was the first time I'd ever seen anyone use puppets like that. He threw puppets faster than I could throw talismans!"

"With a whoosh, he threw one right in front of Lin Meng... then blew him up and injured him!"

Zhao Gang frowned subconsciously. "You mean Lin Meng wasn't injured by Li Yunma, but by Xiao Yu? How could that be possible..."

Wang Mei was briefly speechless when she heard this. "What's impossible about it? Li Yunma must have restrained Lin Meng, and Xiao Yu got lucky as hell and injured him!"

"Now isn't the time to dwell on that. Hurry and think of something! If my master comes, she will definitely..."

Just as Wang Mei was speaking, Zhang Ziling had already arrived with several people.

One disciple behind her recognized Zhao Gang's subordinate at a glance. "Elder, it was him!!! This dog bastard said he was going to take a shit, then disappeared for ages!"

"Then the Profound Spirit Sect people came!"

When Zhao Gang saw this, he subconsciously swallowed.

Wang Mei clenched the corner of her skirt nervously. Looking at Zhang Ziling's icy expression, she knew her master definitely would not spare her.

Within the sect, the greatest taboo was attacking one's fellow disciples.

If they had killed Lü Ling'er and her group, it would never have been exposed.

But who would have thought these people would be so hard to kill...

After seeing Zhang Ziling's expression, Zhao Gang hurriedly spoke before she could open her mouth. "I never told him to lure over those Profound Spirit Sect people! This has nothing to do with me! I have no grudge against Lü Ling'er. This was most likely Wang Mei's doing!"

Wang Mei panicked at once. "No, no... Master, listen to my explanation! Ah! Zhao Gang, you're spitting blood at me!!!"

Zhao Gang snorted coldly. "I wasn't even here this morning. Who knows what you said to my subordinates?"

The kneeling man subconsciously swallowed. He knew he would not survive today.

But the lives of his family were still in Zhao Gang's hands.

After thinking for a moment, the man lowered his head and said, "It was indeed... Wang Mei who told us to kill that slut Lü Ling'er..."

The moment he finished speaking, his head exploded into a mist of blood.

Wang Mei's face turned deathly pale with fright. She dropped to her knees and crawled before her master, crying, "Master, Master, it really wasn't me... Zhao Gang instigated me... he said this place would soon fall apart and that he would take me back to the main sect!"

"This disciple... this disciple was possessed by evil thoughts for a moment. I'll never dare do it again..."

Zhao Gang laughed coldly. "Hehe, Wang Mei, stop spitting blood at me. I already have a marriage contract. How could I possibly collude with a woman like you? What do you have that I could covet?"

"I'm returning to the main sect because my father's birthday is coming up. What does that have to do with you? On the contrary, you used my name without permission to deceive my subordinates. What are your intentions?"

"Elder Zhang, you should know better than anyone about the grudges between your disciples. Is this how you discipline them?"

Zhang Ziling naturally knew that Zhao Gang could not be separated from this matter, but he was Elder Zhao's son.

She truly could not touch him.

Elder Zhao also controlled the logistical supplies here.

Once they became enemies, the consequences were easy to imagine.

She could not control outsiders, but could she not handle her own people?

With so many people watching, if she did not deal with this matter properly, she would naturally be unable to command respect as an elder.

Everyone would think she was deliberately showing favoritism.

Looking at Wang Mei crying on the ground, Zhang Ziling's brows rose in fury. "I raised you for so many years, yet you dared lay hands on your junior sister? Wang Mei, you... I was truly blind back then!!!"

Zhang Ziling raised her hand and struck with her palm.

Wang Mei immediately spat blood and collapsed onto the ground.

[System Notification: Detected that the wicked woman Wang Mei is in mortal danger. Host, proceed to rescue her at once!]

Xiao Yu thought it over from every angle. Wang Mei's style truly differed from all the other women around him.

This woman was a venomous viper, and her appearance was exceptionally alluring.

She could steal a person's soul.

She was an entirely new version he had never played before.

Moreover, he had no other wicked women left to take in. Wang Mei could be considered his main quest.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yu hurriedly stepped forward, dropped to one knee, and said, "Master, please spare Senior Sister's life... Senior Sister may have been used by someone! You have already severely wounded her, and she likely won't recover for several years. You raised her for so many years. Can you truly bear to cripple her..."

Wang Mei was still crying on the ground, tears of grievance covering her face.

She could not believe that bastard Zhao Gang would abandon her the moment something went wrong. She had wanted to deal with her junior sister, but Zhao Gang had been the one to propose this method.

Zhang Ziling's expression darkened as she looked at Xiao Yu, who was disregarding his dignity to protect Wang Mei.

Lü Ling'er also felt somewhat distressed. Seeing Wang Mei, whom she had grown up with, beaten into such a state, she could not bear it either.

Just then, several disciples behind them shouted in dissatisfaction, "Elder Zhang, several of our brothers died! They were all killed by that Lin Meng!"

"Are you truly going to bend the law for personal gain? Wang Mei is your disciple. If you do not punish her according to the rules, how could any of us disciples dare work for you again?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ziling raised her right hand again.

Wang Mei immediately grabbed Xiao Yu's clothes as she cried, "Help... help me... sob, sob... I won't dare do it again..."

"I was wrong..."

Seeing this, Xiao Yu said helplessly, "Master, if you truly wish to punish her, why not give her to me? This disciple needs some human blood to refine pills... you all know that Elder Wu needed a great deal of flesh and blood when refining pills before..."

"I learned my Alchemy Art from Elder Wu as well. It would be somewhat wasteful to simply cripple Wang Mei. Better to give her to me..."

Zhao Gang sneered coldly. "Are you sure that if she is given to you, you'll kill her?"

Xiao Yu smiled softly. "Mm, I definitely won't kill her right away. If I'm draining her blood, it should take more than three months, right?"